Lefteris Charitos (pictured) was elected as the new president of the Hellenic Film Academy after another general assembly, which also appointed a new board of directors for the academy. The Greek director, who in recent years has come to prominence with the television success of Wild Bees, has succeeded Giorgos Tseberopoulos while with him on the Board of Directors. these will be Yuri Averof, Eleni Kosifidou, Michalis Constantatos, Zaharias Mavroidis, Vicki Misha and Marissa Triantafyllidou.

(…) Katerina Evagelatos will be at the helm of the Athens-Epidavros festival for another three years, following the extension of her term as artistic director of the institution, which was accepted by the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendonis. The decision – instead of the announcement of the tender that the ministry promised for the supervised entities – was published in Diaugia yesterday, about a month after the end of the previous term of Katerina Evagelatos, on 31 August.

(…) A new album called “World Record” is due out on November 18th by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. The Canadian musician and his band have already released the first song of the album, which is called “Love Earth” and is a hymn to the beauty of nature. According to the band, the entire “World Record” will be devoted to environmental issues, and its production is signed by Rick Rubin.